Need a new shop for woodworking, hobbies, crafts or vehicle repair? Here are some good quality plans that you're welcome to use for free. You'll also find inspiration from historic designs of yesterday's blacksmith shops, cobbler shops and cooper works.  The plans are all downloadable, so you can start your project right away.

Workshop Plans from Free-ProjectPlans.com  Beautiful designs for small buildings and do-it-yourself projects as free instant-download plans. You'll find free plans for sheds, barns, cabanas, pergolas, a garage, a combination garage and workshop, decks, an attractive easy-to-build gazebo, a great little cabin, a picnic table and other backyard building projects. New plans are being added all of the time.

Pole Barn Plans from the Canada Plan Service  Practical all-purpose pole barns in 30', 40', 50' and 60' widths, high side walls, truss roofs and a variety of lengths.

Gambrel Roof Barn Plans from the Canada Plan Service  This ten page plan set for three different gambrel roof barn designs: 24' wide, 30' wide and 38' wide. These attractive all-purpose buildings have storage lofts and can be built at a variety of lengths. These plans are a great primer on how to build a sturdy and durable gable roof.

Workshop Designs from the Historic American Building Survey  These work buildings, which span three centuries, are samples of the hundreds of designs that have been preserved through the HABS. You can view photos and measured drawings of floor plans, exterior elevations and construction details.

Farmstead Outbuilding Designs from North Dakota State University Agricultural Extension Service  Get great ideas from free design plans and building details for useful small farm buildings: farm stands, smoke houses, chicken coops and much more.

Wagon Barns from the Historic American Building Survey  Wagon barns were all purpose storage buildings usually located close to yesterday's houses. They sheltered carriages, work wagons, horses, fire wood, workshops, tools and just about anything else. They were the eighteenth and nineteenth century equals of today's garages.

Yesterday's Outbuilding Designs  The builders of yesterday's picture-perfect barns and backbuildings left us a legacy of design ideas and practical building advice. Their words, drawings and designs are as valuable now as they were then. The Backroad Home website presents some of the best designs from historic sources.

Building Plans for a Timber-Frame Shed or Workshop from Black and Decker  This 8'x10' shed has the same rough-sawn timbers and basic design used in traditional timber-framing, but with joints that are easy to make.

Barn Plans and Farm Building Plans from The University of Tennessee Extension Service  Free, instant download design plans for dozens of horse barns, pole barns, storage sheds, small animal shelters, greenhouses and equipment sheds.

Free Workshop Furniture Plans from PlansNOW.com  Sign up for a free, informative newsletter from the editors of Woodsmith, Workbench and ShopNotes magazines. Then, download free samples of their great do-it-yourself plans. Their free plans include a work bench, a rolling tool cabinet and a sturdy, tall all-purpose storage cabinet.

Free Workshop Furniture Building Plans from Amateur Woodworker Magazine  Amateur Woodworker stands out as the only magazine that is aimed at amateurs, not professional, woodworkers. They offer an archive of easy-to-build woodworking plans.

More Free Workshop Plans  This page has just a small sampling of the free plans that are available for building barns, workshops, garages, animal shelters, horse barns and country outbuildings. Click through to find dozens of great plans for all types of country buildings.